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▸ verb: (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
▸ verb: (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position.
▸ verb: (intransitive, copulative) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
▸ verb: (government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
▸ verb: (law, government) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
▸ verb: To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
▸ verb: To be adjusted; to fit.
▸ verb: (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
▸ verb: (transitive, causative) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
▸ verb: (transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.
▸ verb: (US, transitive, intransitive) To babysit.
▸ verb: (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
▸ verb: To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
▸ verb: To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
▸ verb: To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.
▸ noun: An act of sitting.
▸ noun: (mining) Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
▸ noun: (rare, Buddhism) An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: (informal) Short for situation. [The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.]
▸ noun: (telecommunications) Initialism of special information tone.
▸ noun: (India) Initialism of Special Investigation Team.
▸ noun: Initialism of spontaneous ignition temperature.
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